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Avery Everhart is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts at the University of British Columbia. Their research bridges transgender health, critical GIS, and intersectional social science, focusing on how spatial analysis and critical theory can inform health policy and human rights for trans and gender diverse populations globally.
Education:
- PhD in Population, Health & Place – University of Southern California (2022)
- MA in Gender Studies – Queen’s University
- BA in Gender Studies, Religious Studies, and French – University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Their work emphasizes geographic information science, community-based participatory research, and transgender studies, addressing issues like access to gender-affirming care, data ethics, and structural racism in healthcare. They also explore the influence of US and anglophone scholarship on global trans health narratives.
Recent publications analyze spatial inequities in transgender hormone therapy access, intersectionality in biomedical informatics, and methodological rigor for social justice-oriented science. They are co-founder of the Center for Applied Transgender Studies, a non-profit think tank publishing the open-access Bulletin of Applied Transgender Studies.
Scientific Awards:
- Outstanding Dissertation Award – Digital Geographies Specialty Group, American Association of Geographers (2023)
- Order of Arête – University of Southern California (2022)
- Gamma Theta Upsilon Lifetime Inductee (2022)
At UBC, they mentor students in trans and queer geographies, critical GIS, and applied social science, prioritizing those with lived experience or theoretical expertise in trans communities. They support interdisciplinary and public scholarship through the Public Scholars Initiative.
